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Old 14-Jun-2004, 21:07
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Default Re: correct personal pronoun usage
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Originally Posted by A.Russell

You could say:
She and her friend had been spoken to by I.

You couldn't say:
I had spoken to she.
You can't say "by I". That should be "by me". The object of a preposition must be in the objective case. :wink:
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